matzav .com Article RatingGIVING THEM OUR MONEY: Blinken Pledges $1 Billion More To Ukraine Amid Doubts About Offensive
Sep 07, 2023 View Original Article
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| "Zelensky has previously taken heavily publicized steps to showcase his resolve in fighting corruption before the arrival of prominent international visitors, as he did in February ahead of a high-stakes meeting in Kyiv with European Union leaders." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Besides providing Kyiv $24 billion in additional aid, the request includes funds for U.S. disaster relief and border security." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Zelensky expressed thanks to President Biden and to Congress for showing great unity in their support for Ukraine, while noting that this is a tough period for his country." | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "Blinken met first with American diplomats and persoel at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv." | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "We are doing everything we can to maximize our support to Ukraine as it pursues the counteroffensive, Blinken said." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Blinken, however, has consistently sought to broadcast an upbeat assessment of Ukraine's efforts, a message he maintained Wednesday." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday urged Republicans to support the package." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Hours before Blinken's arrival, Russia launched a missile assault on the Ukrainian capital, during which the sound of explosions could be heard throughout the city." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "The two-day trip is Blinken's fourth visit to Ukraine since Russia's invasion started in February 2022 and his sixth since taking office." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "KYIV - Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged an additional $1 billion in assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday during a visit to Kyiv aimed at boosting support for the country as its military makes only incremental gains against entrenched Russian forces and U.S. lawmakers begin debate about future funding for the war." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Blinken's event on anti-corruption was aimed at signaling that the Biden administration takes government malfeasance seriously while maintaining its confidence in Zelensky, who aounced on Sunday his decision to replace Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov with Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's State Property Fund." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Blinken's event on anti-corruption was aimed at signaling that the Biden administration takes government malfeasance seriously while maintaining its confidence in Zelensky, who aounced on Sunday his decision to replace Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov with Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's State Property Fund." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "U.S. lawmakers will want to see progress as they weigh a roughly $40 billion supplemental funding request put forward by the Biden administration last month." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Blinken, a close confidant of Biden, is among Ukraine's staunchest supporters within the administration, repeatedly pushing officials at home and abroad to provide more sophisticated weaponry to Kyiv and tamping down calls for a negotiated cease-fire with Moscow." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Blinken, a close confidant of Biden, is among Ukraine's staunchest supporters within the administration, repeatedly pushing officials at home and abroad to provide more sophisticated weaponry to Kyiv and tamping down calls for a negotiated cease-fire with Moscow." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Since the start of the war, the Biden administration and Congress have directed more than $75 billion in aid to Ukraine, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "But when asked by reporters what undergirds his optimism, Blinken fell back on a statistic he has cited since July indicating that Ukraine has recaptured roughly half the territory that Russia had seized since the start of its full-scale invasion." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "As they traveled to Kyiv, Blinken's aides were reluctant to provide an overall assessment on the counteroffensive, saying part of the reason for the trip was to hear from Ukrainian officials about the current state of play." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Another reason for the trip is the upcoming gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in New York this month, Blinken's aides said." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "His trip comes less than a month after Biden requested that Congress provide more than $24 billion in additional aid for Ukraine as some polls show U.S. public support for continued funding is slipping." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "It's certainly not the time to go wobbly, McCoell said." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Blinken, in remarks to reporters, said Ukraine has something that Russia never will - a reason to continue the battle." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Blinken arrived in the capital as Ukrainian troops are engaged in a difficult offensive to reclaim occupied areas in the country's south, where Russian forces prepared for the attack by establishing heavily fortified defensive positions and mining huge swaths of territory." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Blinken traveled to Ukraine amid a barrage of Russian missile attacks - some that Ukraine shot down, others it did not." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Earlier Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov used Blinken's visit to repeat Russia's position that Western aid to Ukraine is futile and will only cause more deaths by prolonging the war." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Hard-right GOP lawmakers such as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (Fla.) have spoken out against sending more aid to Ukraine, saying the conflict is not central to U.S. interests." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Hard-right GOP lawmakers such as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (Fla.) have spoken out against sending more aid to Ukraine, saying the conflict is not central to U.S. interests." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
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41% : Zelensky has previously taken heavily publicized steps to showcase his resolve in fighting corruption before the arrival of prominent international visitors, as he did in February ahead of a high-stakes meeting in Kyiv with European Union leaders.39% : Besides providing Kyiv $24 billion in additional aid, the request includes funds for U.S. disaster relief and border security.
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